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Thirty Years After Tiananmen Square, China Is Stuck In A Loop Of Repression

Tanks on the streets have been replaced by online repression, surveillance and censorship – but no amount of censorship that will erase the horror of 4 June 1989 from history.
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Instagram’s Shadow Ban On Vaguely ‘Inappropriate’ Content Is Plainly Sexist

The platform’s new policy will disproportionately affect women and sex workers.
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Google Is Reportedly Building A Censored Search Engine Just For China

The search engine would block certain words and phrases.
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Courts And Police Accused Of 'Censorship' As Drill Music Group Faces Ban

The landmark ruling was passed on Friday.
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The Government's Crackdown On No-Platforming On Campus Is No Such Thing

The idea that one could ‘ban’ no-platform policies in the first place is itself a mind-bending proposition - who gets to decide if event requires a particular speaker?
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Facebook Just Censored This 16th Century Statue For Being 'Sexually Explicit'

Won't someone think of the children.
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Students At Top Uni Ban Pro-Life Group... Because It 'Would Be A Barrier To Freedom'

But pro-life group say ban has 'assaulted their freedom of expression'.
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Two In Three Internet Users Live Under State Censorship

Governments are increasingly targeting messaging apps like WhatsApp.
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Facebook Apologises For Removing Breast Cancer Check Video

'This is information that saves lives.'
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#PowerShift Docu-Series Explores The Importance Of Social Media In Countries Where Censorship Is Rife

'Millenials using social media in China, Saudi Arabia, North Korea, Turkey and Iran are facing bans, blocks and firewalls.'
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